A new project...

I've started on a new project...a scrapbook for a friend. Right now I am working on pages for about the first year and a half of her daughter's life.

I am so excited to be doing this! {And, for some reason the creative juices seem to flow better when I am not scrapbooking my own family.}

These pages are a bit more "frilly" than I intend the rest of the album to be, but it's an adorable little girl and sometimes girls need a bit of frill {but don't tell my daughter I said that!}.

The album I am working with allows 12 x 12 or 6 x 12 pages. I had never done a 6 x 12 page before, but I am really liking them!


{As always, click on the pictures if you would like to enlarge them a bit.}

Creative Cuts & More - Blog Hop Time!

Welcome to my spot on the Creative Cuts & More Blog Hop!

If you haven't been following the blog hop, please be sure to head on over to the Creative Cuts & More blog in order to find out how you can win a FALL ALL OCCASIONS CARD KIT and get a coupon code for 15% off of your order. {Oh, okay...I'll spill it here. The coupon code is Octbloghop1509.} 15% off the already great prices on the die cuts, papers, Killer Red Tacky Tape, and more is a fabulous treat...not to mention all of the great eye candy along the blog hop! {The next stop is at Steph Zerbe's blog.}

Thanksgiving & Christmas are sneaking up on us, and I'd like to share some holiday projects that are quick and easy {thanks to the die cuts from Creative Cuts & More}, and also very cute {if I do say so myself!}.

First off, I made this frame set with a fall/Thanksgiving theme, but you could use different papers and embellishments to easily suit any occasion.
{You can click on any picture for a larger view.}


I started with the rectangle frames in a heavy chipboard and covered them with some great fall colored papers from Bo Bunny. I then used my Crop-A-Dile and some twine to attach the frames.


I love these pumpkin cuts! I used some of the awesome velvet paper from Creative Cuts & More and hand cut the accents for the pumpkins. I just topped them off with a little bit of detail using a white Inkssentials pen.


{All the links to the supplies for this project from Creative Cuts & More are listed below.}

And here's a little helper for "Santa":


This little book is small enough to fit in your purse, but can easily hold all the lists to help you manage your gift shopping. And after you are done shopping, you can add a few album pages and turn it into a great holiday mini-album!

The velvet paper from Creative Cuts & More is a must for any of your Christmas projects...it is so soft and beautiful. It is also super easy to cut! The back of the paper has a surface that is very easy to trace onto to make your cutting easy!


I love all the options for each of the great die cuts...you can get them in foam, acetate, many different papers and cardstocks, felt, polyshrink, different weights of chipboard, velvet, vellum...and even Tacky Tape! For the buckle I used a light weight chipboard cut and topped it with a metallic cardstock cut. The chipboard adds a nice depth to the buckle and the metallic cardstock was so easy to cover the chipboard with since it was already cut to the same shape.
{All the links to the supplies for this project from Creative Cuts & More are listed below.}

Supplies:

Thanksgiving project:
3 x Rectangle Picture Frame - Large: Chipboard - Heavy Weight
3 x Pumpkin #04 - Small: Chipboard - Light Weight
1 x Pumpkin #04 - Small: Textured Bazzill - Butterfly
1 x Pumpkin #04 - Small: Textured Bazzill - Marmalade
1 x Pumpkin #04 - Small: Textured Bazzill - Bazzill Orange
1 x Cypress Velvet Paper
1 x Mint Velvet Paper

Christmas project:
1 x Buckle #01 Set: Chipboard - Medium Weight
1 x Buckle #01 Set: Galvanized Silver
2 x 4"x4" Mini Album Cover: Black Chipboard - Heavy Weight {and 4"x4" Mini Album Pages, optional}
1 x Tomato Velvet Paper
1 x Alpine Velvet Paper

Please make sure you've been to all the fabulous stops on the Creative Cuts & More Blog Hop:
Creative Cuts & More Blog
Holly Brown
Pam Smerker
Kayla Dupont
Rita Barakat
Lindsay Weirich
Ellen Sosnoski
Chris Dickinson
Tifany DeGough {that's me!}
Steph Zerbe<--- GO HERE NEXT!
Angie Pearl

Please sign up to be a follower and come back soon to see some of the other projects I am working on for Creative Cuts & More!

Just Beachy

Yep...it's another Bo Bunny project for me. I loved the surfboard paper from the Beachy Keen collection and just had to use it. I love the vintage look and the surf theme reminds me of my Dad.

Here are the papers I worked with:



I made a few surfboards out of "chipboard" {aka: old Trader Joe's Macaroni and Cheese boxes} and attached the paper to them and distressed them a bit. I use different things for distressing the edges depending on the look I want, and for this project I thought it needed some good little scruffy spots so I used some scissors to rough it up.


I hand cut the banner and wrote on the sentiment. I curled it for some dimension and attached it with FabriTac. I don't think I have ever used FabriTac on actual fabric {well, ribbon, I guess}...but I love it for paper projects!

I used the oval Coluzzle template and the Coluzzle knife to cut out the rounded pieces. I added the dots on the front of the card {and on the inside} using the Time Holtz Design Ruler and a Sharpie "Pen.". Not a Sharpie marker...they have a new pen called "Pen." It works great with the holes in the Design Ruler.

For a little extra embellishment inside the card I used the Fiskars Round n' Round Squeeze Punch to punch out some of the little accents on the paper. Here's a little peek inside...



Supplies:
Papers: Bo Bunny {Beachy Keen & Abbey Road}, Core-dinations, Georgia Pacific
Tools: Fiskars Round n' Round Medium Squeeze Punch, Tim Holtz Design Ruler, Coluzzle Oval Template, Coluzzle Knife, Fiskars Scissors
Other: Sharpie Pen., chipboard

NO WAY!!!

Guess who has a project featured on the Bo Bunny blog today???


Me!

Check it out!

Just the two of us.

Here it is.

The one {and only} layout I completed at the Fiskateer crop I went to recently.


I'd like to blame my lack of productivity on the fact that I had Westin with me, but with all the fun make and takes and goings on I don't think I would have accomplished much else even is I didn't have a baby with me. And actually, I didn't even finish the layout there. I added the picture and photo mat to it yesterday. {This picture was taken outside my cousin's house as we were dropping off the kids to go see a production of The Phantom of the Opera. An amazing show, by the way...}

I'm sure you'll recognize that Bo Bunny paper from some of the recent projects I have already posted. I used the Fiskars Funky Love Squeeze Punches (Medium & Extra Large) to finish off some of the scraps. I placed a strip of Coredinations cardstock along the side and roughed up the edges with some scissors to bring out the yellow color core of the paper. I found the lace and the faux leather cording awhile back in the craft section in WalMart, and topped it off with some shaped clips from my stash.

Supplies:
Papers: Bo Bunny, The Paper Company, Coredinations
Tools: Fiskars Funky Love Squeeze Punches, Fiskars scissors
Embellishments: Lace, suede cording, shaped clips

I've been framed!

I picked up these cute frames awhile back in the Target dollar spot...in a package of three! (33 cents...I couldn't pass them up!) I added in a computer generated sentiment and some flowers I made using double sided Bo Bunny papers. I just sat down and started folding and messing with the paper until it looked flower-like.

Here is the finished frame:

Here you can see the depth of the flowers:

And a little detail shot for you:


Supplies:
Frame: Target
Paper: Bo Bunny

Lovely

Isn't she lovely?

Lacie was probably four in this picture...and she looks so grown up.

I used the Fiskars "Funky Love" punch for the hearts and all the paper is from Bo Bunny. I added some Glossy Accents to a couple of the hearts for a little extra touch, but you can't really tell in the pictures. I added in some brads, ribbon, and Thickers for a quick, easy layout.



Supplies:
Paper: Bo Bunny
Embellishments: Thickers (American Crafts), ribbon (American Crafts), brads, ribbon slide
Other: Glossy Accents
Tools: Fiskars Squeeze Punch (Funky Love), Fiskars scissors, Fiskars craft knife

Tweet Heart

I get absolutely weak in the knees whenever I see anything crafty that incorporates whimsical birds, and I thought the Abbey Road papers from Bo Bunny were perfect to create a cute bird scene. I hand cut everything with scissors or a craft knife, added some machine stitching and a bit of wire for a couple small accents. I also finished the inside with a bit of matching paper and some hand drawn accents.



Supplies:
Paper: Bo Bunny
Kraft cardstock: The Paper Company
Other: Sakura Micron brown pen, Ranger Inkssentials white pen, Scissors, Craft knife, Tim Holtz Design Ruler, Copper beading wire, Sewing machine/thread

PS - I softened up the blog background just a bit...what do you think? The current background is from ShelsScraps (my previous one was from there, too).

All BOY!

Camping is not a vacation.

My husband wanted to go camping with the kids (back when we had only two) for a vacation. I told him he could take the kids camping for his vacation and I'd stay home for my vacation (where I surprised him by painting the house...also not a vacation...but better than camping!).

He hasn't gone camping since...'nuff said!


Supplies:
Papers: Bo Bunny
Star Punch: Fiskars
Tools: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Craft knife (Fiskars), Scissors (Fiskars), Hole Punch (Fiskars)
Other: Cardboard (from JoAnns that I rescued from being thrown into the trash)

Say wha???

Do you know what a woodlouse is? You may call them pill bugs...or roly polys...but apparently the real name is woodlouse. Somehow that just doesn't work so great for a scrapbook page title.


All the papers are from Bo Bunny's Calypso collection. Honestly - when I bought the papers I figured I'd be using them on a layout for my daughter, not my son...but when I was going through my pictures I just had to use them for these pictures of Javan letting a roly poly crawl on him.

I love that with these gorgeous papers there isn't really any embellishing that needs to be done! Once I figured out what I wanted to do, the layout came together very quickly. I did cut out some pieces of the background paper (that was behind the pictures) for a few small touches, but for the most part, the background paper is just what you see here. Beautiful!


The title is done with Thickers. (Note: Bo Bunny does make "Chunky Chips" alphabets...but I couldn't find them locally.)

Oh, and I've got more Bo Bunny goodness coming soon...stay tuned!

The bunny...the bunny...

I don't know if you watch Veggie Tales (or have kids and/or grandkids that do), but lately I've been having a blast with some Bo Bunny papers, and "The Bunny Song" from Veggie Tales keeps getting stuck in my head. Totally not relevant to scrapbooking, but oh well...

I've created four layouts and a card and a home decor project all in the past week using Bo Bunny papers. They have such great designs and I just love the papers! They are so versatile! I still have a couple more projects in mind for the papers I have left. Hopefully someday I'll be able to play with some of their embellishments...especially the new stamps that they are releasing.


Lacie just recently learned to ride her bike without training wheels, and there's nothing like a big sister (who can do something you can't) to inspire little brothers everywhere to try...so Javan has been on a mission to learn to ride training wheel free at 3. (He is a little...okay, a lot...more coordinated than Lacie and is doing really well.)

This layout was created from some papers from Bo Bunny's Grease Monkey collection. I used a round Coluzzle template and knife along with my favorite Fiskars scissors to cut the gear shaped frames for the smaller photos. I don't know what it is about that blur of a photo (the 4x6 in the lower right corner), but I just love that picture! I did a double mat to help it stand out. A couple of the gear shaped pictures and the 4x6 picture are on pop dots to add some dimension to the page. I added a few Thickers for the title (my local scrapbooking store doesn't carry the "Chunky Chips" alphabets - I would have loved to use those for an all Bo-Bunny layout), and voila!

Happy Camper Scene